When George H. W. Bush became president in 1989, he was the first incumbent vice president to win his own term in 150 years. Richard M. Nixon (in 1960) came close but failed, as did Al Gore afterward.
It's important that Democrats understand that Trump's winning margin was as tiny as his hands, because he will simply keep repeating the word "mandate" until Congress and the media are hypnotized into ...
Richard Fontaine is the Chief Executive Officer of CNAS. He served as President of CNAS from 2012–19 and as Senior Fellow from 2009–12. Prior to CNAS, he was foreign policy advisor to Senator John ...